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A collection of short stories, focusing on the awakening sensations of first love and its ritual initiations. This collection won the Somerset ... More

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From the author of NIGHT TRAIN and LONDON FIELDS, a collection of short stories which includes THE JANITOR ON MARS, CAREER MOVES, LET ME COUNT THE ... More

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"Some of the most beautiful writing in contemporary American literature is between the covers of this book . . ." BOSTON HERALD The triumphant ... More

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With the death of Penelope Fitzgerald in 2000, the literary world lost one of its finest, most original, and most beloved authors. Completed just ... More

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Short excerpt: The greatest treat an actor can have is to witness the pitiful performance with which all other actors desecrate the stage.

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In these 22 stories, Binchy captures the intimate life dramas of several contemporary women who share a common London commute. From a woman's affair ... More

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From the bestselling author of Circle of Friends, a compelling story of contemporary Dublin characters tied together by their weekly trip aboard Tom ... More

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First published 20 years ago to great acclaim and now reissued in a beautifully designed new edition, 28 inspiring and heartwarming essays by ... More

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Chosen by the editors of "The New York Times Book Review" as one of the eight best books of 1996, "After Rain" presents a collection of twelve ... More

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The first-ever collection of Sharyn McCrumb's short fiction--two stories never-before-published, is an offering of award-winning works. Within these ... More

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From the bestselling author of Circle of Friends, a compelling story of contemporary Dublin characters tied together by their weekly trip aboard Tom ... More

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Murder takes on a variety of guises in this collection of sinister stories. Whether it involves a henpecked husband who needs a mountain holiday, a ... More

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Tells the story of a year in Wimbledon with Henry Farr, the hero of "The Wimbledon Poisoner", a man who has long ago abandoned all dreams of murder ... More

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Magic and mischief await two families as their street bakes in the summer sun. Kate struggles as she endeavours to keep up appearances for her high ... More

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Salinger's classic collection of short stories is now available in trade paperback.

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First published in 1920, just after Fitzgerald's triumph with "This Side of Paradise, " this sublime short story collection shimmers with the ... More

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From Collins Classics, short stories from the author of 'The Great Gatsby' - now a major film - and including 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'. ... More

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Dorothy Parker's quips and light verse have become part of the American literary landscape, but, as this new collection of her complete short stories ... More

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Katherine Mansfield is widely regarded as a writer who helped create the modern short story. Born in Wellinton, New Zealand in 1888, she came to ... More

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Starring its heroine, Holly Golightly, from the popular ">Breakfast at Tiffany's", this volume also contains three of Truman Capote's best-known ... More

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Representing every phase of E. M. Forster's career as a writer, the fourteen stories in this book span six decades from 1903 to 1957 or even later.

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These fifty-eight stories make up the most thorough collection of Thomas Wolfe's short fiction to date, spanning the breadth of the author's career, ... More

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"Monday or Tuesday" contains eight beautiful tales from the strange mind of Virginia Woolf, one of the 20th century's most innovative--and most ... More

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